Oral Vaccination against Rabies and the Behavioural Ecology of the Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B: Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 477-483

  Vos, A ^a  

^a IDT GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOX; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RABIES; SEASON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOXES; MALE; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; SEASONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0347660730     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0450.2003.00712.x     Document Type: Article

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